Samantha Markle says she is a victim of bullying

Over the past few years, Meghan Markle's half-sister, Samantha Markle, has captured headlines for her exhaustive tweets criticising the Duchess of Sussex. Now, in a new interview, Samantha has claimed she is a victim of cyber bullying, admitting she's filed a complaint with police who are investigating the matter.

Samantha told Fox 13 she's felt "overwhelmed" by the trolls who've been attacking her online since 2018, explaining her personal information has been posted online, leaving her scared for her safety.

"There are also people who are mentally unstable who take it to a really irrational level –threats and spending their full time, around-the-clock obsessing about me."

Samantha Markle, Meghan's half-sister, has claimed she is the victim of "bullying". (Inside Edition)

Florida police are said to be investigating Samantha's allegations, despite the 55-year-old being the subject of an investigation herself.

The Polk County Sherff's Office confirmed earlier this year they had received complaints about Samantha's comments regarding Meghan, and it was part of a "long, wide-ranging investigation".

The sisters, who share the same dad but have different mums, have been estranged for some time. However, since news of the royal engagement broke, Samantha has been lashing out online, calling Meghan "the Duchess of Nonsense" and claiming she's "ignores a sister in a wheelchair because it is an embarrassment to her".

Prince Harry hasn't escaped Samantha's scathing tweets either, with the royal being branded a "wuss" for allowing Meghan to "mistreat everyone who has been close to her – especially her family", even going as far as to claim "[Princess] Diana would be ashamed".

In August, Samantha's Twitter account was suspended, and now she's calling on Meghan to patch things up with their father, who has been on the outs with the Royal Family since staging photos with the paparazzi in the lead-up to the 2018 wedding.

Thomas Markle Sr. and Samantha Markle weren't invited to the royal wedding. (Getty)

"I'd like for them to be able to get together and for her to apologise and say, 'Wow, my life was caught up in a media storm, but, Dad, I love you. I'm sorry this happened,'" she said.

As for her online haters, Samantha is urging them to "be adults and agree to disagree" in regards to their feelings about the Duchess.

"Just because you don't like someone or what they have to say, it doesn't mean you harass them," she said. "I don't think it is right that they're allowed to do it anonymously behind an avatar."

Meanwhile, Meghan has recently opened up about just how much the negative media attention has affected her, particularly while she was carrying her son, Archie.

"Any woman, especially when they're pregnant, you're really vulnerable, and so that was made really challenging – and then when you have a newborn, you know. And especially as a woman, it's a lot," she said.

"So you add this on top of just trying to be a new mum or trying to be a newlywed. It's um… yeah. I guess, also thank you for asking because not many people have asked if I'm okay, but it's a very real thing to be going through behind the scenes."